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Everything is bigger in Texas, Including Modern-Shed!
Modern-Shed Prefab Home: Everything is bigger in Texas
Finally an affordable, custom designed, modern, energy efficient, green, prefab home available nationwide.
Modern-Shed, a Seattle based company, founded by architect/designer Ryan Grey Smith, has been delighting thousands of clients with prefab structures throughout the US and Canada since 2005. Over the years, Modern-Shed has garnered a wide range of attention, from features in The New York Times, Sunset Magazine and Dwell, to public acclaim by outdoor living guru Jamie Durie (host of HGTV hit The Outdoor Room).
North Vancouver Shed
North Vancouver Shed
The Problem: This client had long been embarrassed by the look of his old metal shed. That said he was hard pressed to install your typical “Big Box Store” style backyard shed or a flimsy “Cedar Shed”. His new North Vancouver Shed had to be one that was architecturally designed to match the scope & scale of his Westcoast style home.
Leave it to a backed up sewer line to force his hand. Cleaning of the plugged pipe led to the removal of the fence which sheltered the old metal garden shed. The metal garden shed was now plainly visible from the road. With the fence gone his rusty little secret was a secret no more.
North Vancouver Shed Regulations (District)
North Vancouver Shed Regulations:
DISCLAIMER: The District of North Vancouver Shed Regulations are provided as a courtesy only. Always consult the District of North Vancouver Building Department prior to any construction.
The regulations for placement and construction of sheds on one and two family dwelling lots can be found in Bylaw 3210 – Zoning Bylaw Part 3.
Please refer to the appropriate neighbourhood zone for specific regulations pertaining to ‘Other Accessory Buildings and Structures’.
Sheds are meant to be used as minor accessory structures for storing goods ancillary to the principal use of single or two family dwelling. Sheds are not permitted in a front yard in most zones and cannot be used for vehicle parking or a home occupation.
Shed Living: Small Practical Prefab Living Space
Shed Living an Affordable Housing Trend
Shed Living and Small Houses are the new “In Thing”, and this practical little living space couldn’t be more in vogue.
The “Shed for Living,” designed by Manchester England based FKDA Architects, provides all the necessary amenities for living in a compact unit.
Designed for those in need of affordable and practical space.
Constructed of FSC certified timber-framed walls, double paned windows, cellulose fibre insulation from 100% recycled newspaper and interior finishes with low VOC content. Read more ›
Maximum Shed Size Without Permit
How to figure out the maximum shed size without a permit:
Most major Canadian Municipalities allow for a maximum shed size without a permit of 10 square metres or 107 square feet.
Sheds such as our 10 x 10 | 8 x 10 | 8 x 12 can typically be built in most Metro Vancouver Municipalities without a building permit.
If you want to build a shed larger than the maximum shed size allowed without a permit you will need to obtain a building permit from your local municipality.
Modern-Shed: Backyard Office – A Private Getaway
Modern-Shed: A space to frame the day:
Modern-Shed: As a talent agent working outside of Seattle, Jamie Lopez understands what it means to be busy.
“My life is telephone and email,” said Lopez, who lives on Vashon Island with his wife and two young children.
“ I’ve run my own business for a long time out of my house. Once kids entered the picture, things got hairy.”
For the past five years, Lopez has worked from home, balancing his time at his home office with the needs of his children. Read more ›
Modern-Shed Backyard Office: The Perfect Solution
Modern-Shed Backyard Office: Custom 12′ x 26′
When Anne Martin first laid eyes on a Modern-Shed Backyard Office, she fell in love.
She wasn’t expecting to. Her partner, Karen Stephens, had been trying to convince her for many years that it was time for Martin to move her business out of its expensive space on Wallingford Avenue in Seattle and into a new, pre-fabricated Modern-Shed Backyard Office.
Martin has been an aesthetician since 1986, providing facials and age-related skin care regimens to a steady stream of clients that hear about her business (Anne Martin Skin Care) mostly through word-of-mouth.
For the past 11 years, she worked out of a space she adored and resisted the idea of moving.
That is, until one of her clients invited her to see their new Modern-Shed. Read more ›